ALMIGHTY RECORDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02738860 · ltd · incorporated 1992-08-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-06-22
    ➕
    CHURCH, Tracy Marie appointed
    director
  3. 2026-06-09
    ➕
    FISHER, Marcus James appointed
    director
  4. 2026-06-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-08-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2015-01-31
    ➖
    CHURCH, Tracy Marie resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-07-01
    ➕
    CHURCH, Tracy Marie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-07-01
    ➖
    SIMPSONS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-07-01
    ➖
    TRAVIS, Alison Judith resigned
    director
  22. 1996-04-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  23. 1993-01-01
    ➕
    TRAVIS, Alison Judith appointed
    director
  24. 1993-01-01
    ➖
    WILLCOCKS, Graham Charles resigned
    director
  25. 1992-08-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALMIGHTY RECORDS LIMITED
  26. 1992-08-11
    ➕
    NORRIS, Henry Martyn appointed
    director
  27. 1992-08-11
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1992-08-11
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1992-08-11
    ➕
    SIMPSONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1992-08-11
    ➕
    WILLCOCKS, Graham Charles appointed
    director
  31. 1992-08-11
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1992-08-11
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Henry Martyn Norris
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

2 Bath Mews
Bath Parade
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 7HL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

CHURCH, Tracy Marie→
director · ~69y · appointed 2026-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, Marcus James→
director · ~32y · appointed 2026-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORRIS, Henry Martyn→
director · ~72y · appointed 1992-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHURCH, Tracy Marie→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2015-01-31
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-08-11 · resigned 1992-08-11
Resigned
SIMPSONS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1992-08-11 · resigned 2007-07-01
Resigned
TRAVIS, Alison Judith→
director · ~64y · appointed 1993-01-01 · resigned 2006-07-01
Resigned
WILLCOCKS, Graham Charles→
director · ~66y · appointed 1992-08-11 · resigned 1993-01-01
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-08-11 · resigned 1992-08-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property17/04/1996—
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Recent filings (98 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13